Buffalo Criterion, 1988-06-16

              serving working leading in v\y inner cities since 1923 price only 25 per copy thursday june 16-22 wm established in 1925 vol 64 - no 25 wny's oldest and largest afro-american weekly for over 60 years - featuring paid legitimate circulation rochester the buffalo criterion niagara region the first black woman pilot lackawanna to host 4th ethnic festival looking beyond the jackson campaign independent presidential candidate led harlem contingent in peace march dr lenora fulani the independent candidate for president of the united states led a multi-racial contingent from harlem in new york city's massive demonstration on sat june 11th one million marchers turned out to support the united na tion's third special session on disarmament which is calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons you can't be for peace and still support the parties of war argues dr lan 1 decade after decade the democrats talk us into voting for them as the lesser of two evils many of us are afraid not to vote for them but we — and the people of gren ■**»• nim_jgo»»i^-***»y south mrtc«7tsire and vietnam have nothing to thank the democratic par ty for indeed key leaders of the international commu nity from south africa to the middle east agree that the crisis in the u s atxmsoaxy compels repub licans and democrats alike to support the interests of the military in dustrial complex and not the peoples movement for democracy and self-deter mination in november dr ful ani the first black woman ever to receive federal primary matching funds will become the first african-american in his tory to be on the ballot in all 50 states and the district of columbia the time has come she says to let the democrats know that we will not support a political party that does not support us we must be ready to cost the democrats the election this year if that is what it will take to force them to make peace a priority - and that is what it takes when you are playing power politics in america dr lenora fulani community-active men take time to pose criterion photo ■"<•_... • ' late-mad irtoino v'sin,vis mftree outstanding v»"afro-ameri can males they are from left maurice garner byron brown and donald lee mr brown is the new equal employment opportunity director for the county of erie mr lee is legislative assistant to council president george k arthur women's dialogue on political parties the local chapter of the national women's politi cal caucus will sponsor a dialogue on the democra tic and republican parties agendas and what each means to women blacks and other minorities speaking for the demo crats will be dr gene grabiner who holds a master's degree and a ph.d in the social sci ences she teaches social services studies at erie community college city campus dr renee walker who holds a b a in sociology and m.s.w and i s \\ from howard university she is an associate pro fessor social welfare at empire state college speaking for the repub licans will be mrs carol shrek former republican mayoral candidate and a civic and community acti vist ms siwek is also involved in local republi can politics and ms valeric leuthe who has served as campaign manager for several major city of buffalo campaigns ms how buffalo revived juneteenth celebration by abdullah luqman shortly after build build unity independence liberty and dignity was organized members began to call for the observation of a unique celebration of african-american history and culture 8.u.1.l.d president bill caller and others remembered the jubilee tradition celebrated on the l-tnth of june also called the june jamboree marking the time that the field slaved learned that the emancipa tion proclamation made them free at last from the first of january 1863 the first order of business was to choose a site route for a parade and elect a malik and malika king and queen to officiate over the festivities jefferson avenue was the site the route was from war memorial stadium and best street down jefferson to east ferry ending on fillmore aye juneteenth is not a date or place but a spirit said founding member claudia sims when it was moved to martin luther king park in the third year the location of the juneteenth parade must be determined by the living pattern of the people many white leaders those whom they appoint over programs that service poor people and self-appointed black leaders who are afraid to walk in the ghetto at night predicted anarchy however to almost everyone's surprise people went out of their way to be kind and helpful to each other all of the majority media predicted a crowd of under 10.000 but more than 50,000 beautiful people of many ethnic backgrounds learned about african american culture and history and themselves in an environment of peace and harmony in 13 years with over one and one-half million participants according to some observers there have not been a total of 100 arrests during all of the juneteenths including drunks there do not seem to be ugly people at juneteenth festivals the ugliness that we speak about is not decreed by physical characteristics but rather by the absence of mortality at the festival you see scantily clad maidens promenading up and down the street unafraid and unmolested you see senior citizens and disabled persons count their money openly and not mugged or have their purse hat extravaganza & designer fashion show set vision productions will present its first annual hat extravaganza and designer fashion show sat july 23rd at 12 noon at the langston hughes institute 25 high st the donation is 6.00 the agenda includes the latest in hats and designer fashions a mini lunch will be served promptly at 12:30 p.m proceeds will be do nated to the grace manor nursing home for tickets or a dona tion if you cannot attend please contact jan schaef fer at 689-5811 or 884 8103 evenings or tonic rivera at 883-1524 area officials to address conference on seniors theme building senior awareness the buffalo urban league inc health ft welfare multi-service center will convene its annual senior citizen's conference wed . june 22 from 9 ' a.m to 2 p.m at the multi-service center branch office 234 jefferson aye corner of clinton st the conference theme is building senior awareness the keynote speakers are dr elizabeth pierce-steward ph.d commissioner for erie county senior services and the honorable george k arthur president of the buffalo common council panelists are richard c clark regional director of the hem york slat division of human rights joseph white ids personal financial planner rev will j brown new convenant united church of christ and ms dorothy richards housing director of the buffalo urban league inc also participating are the honorable arthur o eve deputy speaker of the nys assembly and the honorable james w pitts ellicott district councilman and council majority leader candidate sims was guest speaker in last week's criterion the headline announced that judge barbara m sims is a candidate for the city court bench this scene was taken at the gospel community hour where judge sims was a guest shown in the picture seated from left are george alexander bro ray harper and bro t c smith president of the gospel community hour standing from left are sister peacock charles a harris willie warren rev james hemphill the sims family sue sims atty william sims and judge barbara sims rev donald jackson and atty scott redman — criterion photo councilman-at-large bell shares concerns involvements in an effort to promote increased communications between citizens and gov ernment councilman-at large clifford bell would like to update to the public some of his recent concerns and involve ments as the recently appoint ed chairman of the com mon council's economic development committee it is the responsibility of councilman-at-large bell to encourage the growth and expansion of new and existing businesses to enhance employment opportunities which will in turn spur growth in the local economy and labor market in conjunction with the american business wo men's association several small business seminars have been conducted and featured prominent speak ers on subjects pertinent to the establishment and development of small businesses these seminars are open to the public and several more are planned for the near future mr bell has envisioned buf falo as a city with tremen dous potential for expan sion in the high-technolo gy fields a city that can once again serve as a role model for the nation in the fields of research and medicine in addition to his com mitted involvement in economic development councilman-at-large bell has proposed the following legislation addressed resolves to the teenage pregnancy dropout epidemic funding for parent edu mrs eleanor means succumcs mrs eleanor v mor gan means passed away june 6 1988 at roswell park memorial institute she was born in kent ohio the daughter of the late george morgan sr t and lillie mac austin morgan she moved to buffalo when she was a child mrs means was baptiz ed at friendship baptist church and was a firm believer in christianity for many years she studied the bible with jehovah's witnesses although private person she gave much of herself to all who knew and came in contact with her a few eyars ago mrs means enrolled in burgard vocational high school's automobile mechanics class where she became very skilled in the intricate mechanical operation of automobiles she enjoyed the classes immensely and was really appreciative of means - see page 7 dinlogue — see page 7 juneteenth — see page 2 see page 7 see page 3 see page 2 bell — see page 7